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Who decides what?

One page for work that several people touch. For each decision, write who decides, who is consulted first, who is told after and who does the work, then copy a plain-text summary.

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Every example on this page is fictional. What you type stays on this page: nothing is saved, sent or stored, and there are no cookies. Print gives you the filled sheet on one page.

The row count, the warnings, the summary and the print sheet need JavaScript. The same sheet, on paper, is template 5 in the template pack v2 add-on.

Step 1. The work

What is happening, in one lineTime now (24-hour)

Step 2. Decisions

One box per decision, written as a sentence: what gets decided (a date, a scope, an access, a record). Split a decision if two things are decided. Decides holds one name: the person who can say yes and have it hold. If you do not know, write Unknown. Never write two.

Decision 1Decision

Decides (one name)By when

Must be consulted first (they hold facts the decision needs)

Told after (they hear the result)Does the work

Confidence in the Decides nameWhat was said or shown

My next step (a question or action, naming who I will ask)

Decision 2Decision

Decides (one name)By when

Must be consulted first (they hold facts the decision needs)

Told after (they hear the result)Does the work

Confidence in the Decides nameWhat was said or shown

My next step (a question or action, naming who I will ask)

Decision 3Decision

Decides (one name)By when

Must be consulted first (they hold facts the decision needs)

Told after (they hear the result)Does the work

Confidence in the Decides nameWhat was said or shown

My next step (a question or action, naming who I will ask)

Decision 4Decision

Decides (one name)By when

Must be consulted first (they hold facts the decision needs)

Told after (they hear the result)Does the work

Confidence in the Decides nameWhat was said or shown

My next step (a question or action, naming who I will ask)

Decision 5Decision

Decides (one name)By when

Must be consulted first (they hold facts the decision needs)

Told after (they hear the result)Does the work

Confidence in the Decides nameWhat was said or shown

My next step (a question or action, naming who I will ask)

Decision 6Decision

Decides (one name)By when

Must be consulted first (they hold facts the decision needs)

Told after (they hear the result)Does the work

Confidence in the Decides nameWhat was said or shown

My next step (a question or action, naming who I will ask)

Step 3. Not deciders

Write any tool or person who can describe the work but cannot approve it, and what they cannot approve.

Not a decider 1Not a decider 2

Step 4. Rules check

Check each line only when it is true. An empty box is the next thing to fix.

Every row has one entry in Decides (Unknown counts; two names do not)Every person who decides can be reached before the By-when timeConsulted people give input before, informed people hear after; neither decidesNo tool or bot is written as the one who decided

Step 5. Gaps to close

Each gap becomes a question. One per line.

Gaps

Your summary

It is built from the sheet above and updates as you type. Read it once and change anything before you share it.

Plain-text summary

Consulted is input, not approval: only the name in Decides decides. This sheet is practice material, not advice about a real situation. It is template 5 of the template pack; the PDF version is in the template pack v2 add-on.

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